Round 4: Tossup 14

During this conflict, one side attempted to capture two enemy ironclads by (-5[1])rushing them at night in canoes lashed together and disguised with tree branches. A side in this conflict used its superior navy to overcome fortresses at Curupayty and Humaitá. This war, which ended at the Battle of Cerro Corá, resulted in the (*) death of approximately half of one country’s male population. (10[2])Francisco Solano López began this war (-5[1])by invading a neighboring country’s state of Mato Grosso. For 10 points, name this deadliest war in Latin American history, in which Paraguay was defeated by the namesake partnership (10[1])of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. ■END■

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